Robin Ventura

Whew! I reacquired my Baseball Hall of Fame vote just in time. I need to save the Hall from its first unanimous selection.

Mariano Rivera … come on. Has anyone even looked at his stats? He has zero shutouts — and the same number of complete games. He posted a 5.94 career ERA as a starting pitcher. He has only 82 wins. I mean, Doug Fister has more — and he’s still active!

Thankfully some of the top minds in the sport get it. Michael Needham tweeted this, generously including two former Chicago players for the purposes of this column: “Mariano Rivera is tied with Robin Ventura for career wins above replacement. He pitched 24% of the innings Greg Maddux pitched in his career. The...

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